Duane L. Tarnacki advises tax-exempt organizations with organization, incorporation and qualification matters, tax regulation, and preparing and administering retirement plans and welfare benefit plans.
Education
Recognitions
Named 2024 Top Lawyer by DBusiness
Named a Leading Lawyer in Detroit by Leading Lawyers℠ (2014-2024)
Named among The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law (2007-2024)
Named Detroit, Michigan’s Non-Profit/Charities Law “Lawyer of the Year” in the 2012 and 2017 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®
Outstanding Nonprofit Attorney Award, the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (2003)
Crain’s Detroit Business Top Attorneys in Michigan
Who’s Who in American Law
Selected to the Michigan Super Lawyers list for Nonprofit Organizations (2021)
Memberships
College for Creative Studies, Officer and Trustee
Corporate Work Study Program, Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Board Member
Council on Foundations (Washington D.C.)
Council of Michigan Foundations, Business Contributions Council
Detroit Athletic Club Foundation
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Board Member
Detroit Historical Society, Officer and Member of the Governing Board
Ethel and James Flinn Foundation, Trustee and Vice Chairman
Internal Revenue Service, Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities Council for the Great Lakes Area
Irma Giddey Charitable Fund, Trustee and President
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Board of Directors
Michigan Cancer Foundation Planned Giving Advisory Council
Michigan State Bar Foundation, Fellow
Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, Founding Director, Director and Secretary (1988-1996)
Michigan Manufacturers Association, Secretary
Planned Giving Roundtable of Southeast Michigan, Founding Member and Former Executive Committee Member
State Bar of Michigan
The Futures Foundation, Director and Vice Chair
Thompson Foundation, Board of Trustees